Philip K. Dick mentions the death of God in passing in his 1970 novel Our Friends from Frolix 8 :

“God is dead,” Nick said. “They found his carcass in 2019. Floating out in space near Alpha.”

Don’t you love good science fiction? (Alas, why does it have to be fiction?)

Anyway, I haven’t read this particular book, but it got me thinking. Do you guys know of any similar references in science fiction? Tell us in the comments section!

Update: I just remembered that in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, God disappears in a puff of logic (just as he did in real life for about 9% of Americans).

That makes two references from science fiction. Any others?

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You might also want to check out “The Jehovah Contract” by Victor Koman. A bitter televangelist contracts a hit on Jehovah, and the PI that takes the case eventually succeeds. The writing is OK, but the last chapter absolutely undercuts the entire thrust of the book. (Don’t worry, God is truly dead at the end).